Attachment for chairs.



P. W. BUTT, ATTACHMENT FOR cums.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1, 1908. gql g ggg Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

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nuanl'oz 1 In eases F. W. BUTT.

ATTACHMENT FOR- CHAIRS.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.1,.1908.

Patented, Fab 8, W10,

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FBEDEBIC WARD BUTT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TNO-THIRDS TO CORNELL S/HAWLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ATTACHMENT FOR CHAIRS.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Feb. 8, 191a.

' Application filed February 1, 1908. Serial No. 413,887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, FREDERIC WARD Burr,

residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented certain Improvements Attachments for Chairs, of which the followingis a specification.

This inventioiirelates to attachments for tached to any form of car seat, which deflects the heated air rising from the heat radiator to one side of theseat, and prevents the body of the seat as well as the protected sides'of the seat from becoming unduly heated, thereby obviating one of the discomforts of traveling. a

Thepresent invention provides means for keeping the heated air in constant motionand prevents any part of it from becoming pocketed beneath the car seat.

Car seats are usually reversible, that is to say, they areusually provided with parts which may be so moved that passengers occupying them may face in either oneof two directions. Accordingly this devicemay be so arranged as to be actuated automatically by'a movable part of the carseat so that whatever position the car 'seat may be made to assume, the heated air is deflected to the rear side of the seat.

Referring to the drawings. Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a carlseat to which a heat deflector is attached, cross-piece 11 being omitted from the drawing to prevent obscuring it. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the back of thecar seat being broken away at its top. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail views of means for securing a heat deflector to a car seat, Fig. 3 being a plan View, Fig. 4, a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5, a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view ofanother form of car seat which is provided with a heat deflector, the back of the car seat being broken away at its top. Fig. 7 is a detail p'lanview of modified means for securinga heat deflector to a car seat. Fig. S'i's'a detail side view of the subject matter shown in Fig. 7.

Car seat 1, comprising a seat 2 and a back supported at one end as by a standard 4, and at the other end as bycar side 5, isrepresentative of any form of chair which may be. provided with a heat radiator 6,;placed beneath the seat. The heat radiator may be operated by any suitable heating 'medium, such as electricity, steam, or hot water, heat so radiator 6 shown in the drawings being operated by electricity. The car seats shown in the drawings are of the reversible type,

that is to say, they are provided with movable parts that may be adjusted to adapt the car seats for use by passengers facing in either one of two directions.

The mechanism by which the movable parts are reversed is not shown in the drawings, since it is well understood and would serveonly to complicate them it included.

An inclined heat deflector 7 extends betweenthe seat 2 and the heat radiator 6. When the heat deflector is described as in-' clined, it is to be understood that it is in- 'clined to or makes an angle with a horizontal line drawn through it. The inclination of the heat deflector causes it to deflect the heated air rising from the heat radiator as soon as it strikes the deflector, thus keeping the heated air in constant motion and preventing any of it from being pocketed under the seat. The advantage of this construction is evident, for, when heated air is pocketed by a deflector, it soon overheats it and theheat is transmitted iii-turn to the body of the seat and to the front side ofthe seat. Heat deflector 7 is preferably a single plane member secured to a car seat in any suitable manner, preferred means for secur ing a deflector to a car seat being described below. The heat deflector is shown attached to a different form of car seat in Figs. 1 and 2 from that represented in Fig. 6, andv the means of connection between the deflector and the car seats, or in other words, the supports for the deflector, also differ. in struc- .ture, but the deflector itself is essentially scribed. support l l comprises a base plate rods '13, and the gripping member and'the base plate areh'eldfirmly together. and in I place upon rods 13 as by, a bolt and nut 21. Gripping member 17 is provided with a lug 22 carrying a bearing 23 for the reception of a journal 25 upon. heat deflector '7, preferably at a central point in its end.

Thelother. end ofthe heat deflector-having a 3 similar journal supported b'y the other support-14 1n the manner. described above, the

heat deflector may be rotated on-its axis to "the extent permitted by the several parts of I drawings the-heat deflector is automatically actuated toa position .in which its angle of .3 the car seat, when the car seat is'reversed.

.the' car-seat. It is only necessary that the fjdeflector be capable of rotation so asfto rest ine1ther one of two positions, one' being 20.

-beirn'g that which it assumes when the move illustrated'in Figs. 1', 2,

and 6, and the other able parts of the car seat are reversed, the

angle art-inclination of the deflectorthen be-- ingr'evers'ed' so that the deflector-deflects the heated air to;the,oth er side of the seat, which has. become its rear. side, In thefform of embodiment" of the invention showrr in the -inclination is reversed by a movable part of gBeferring particularly to Figs. land 2, a .rum1er 12 is provided with inwardly extendin'gstuds' 27, .and 28, and heat deflector 7 is provided with a'projection 30. When the j v car seat is reversed from the position shown 111 Figs. 1 and 2, back 3 swings over to. the

"otherside of seat 2, the seat moves to the left i 2 upon its'runners 12, and stud'27 strikes projection 30, thereby partially rotating'lhe deflector and reversing its angle of inclination. 1 Stud 27 being closely adjacent to projection' 30 in the new position, 'holds it in the newflposition, and heat deflector 7 cannot be accidentally rotated by the'movement of the car .or by other agencies. The operation of the device in the return movement of the car seatissimilar to that described above, ex-

@cepting that stud 28, insteadoi stud 27, ac- ,tuates the deflector.

- Referring to 6 of the drawings, heat I deflector 7 is revolubly mounted upon a rod 0 as by supports 31, one of which is shown be drawing; Support 31 is provided vtf fiian aperture'32 for the reception of rod and issec'ured ,to heat deflector 7 as by bolts and nuts 33 and 84. In this type of (car seat not only the-back and seat are moved when the car. seat is reversed, but a footrest 36, mounted as u'pona pivot 37, also swings from one-side of standard 4 to the other, Heatdefiector 7 is provided with a downwardly'extending'arm 38, preferably Having a slot 39 in its'lower endl -ThiS1Sl0t'. engages a stud 40 upon the fo'otrest {35, sq:

van inclined heat deflector, the inclination of ing a movable seat, of a heat radiator, and an inclined heat deflector between the seat that when the car seat is reversed and the foot rest swings to the other side 'of standard 4. the foot rest rotates heatdeflector? until itsangle of inclination is reversed. and it is held firml; in its new position until the car seat visagain reversed.

In Figs. 7 and 8 a modified form of support for heat deflector 7 is shown. Many car seats do not have rods beneath the seats suitably placed to support the deflector, and

in those cases the present support may be used. 42 and 4-3 represent seat rails to which-the member 46 is attached, as by bolts and nuts tet' and 45. Member 46 is provided. with a bearing -17, adapted to receive a' journal upon heat deflector 7.

I claim as my invention: w 1. The combination with a reversible car seat, of a-heat radiator, an inclined reversible pivoted heat deflector, and means for automatically actuating said reversible piv-j oted member on reversing the seat.

2. The ieombination with a reversible car seat, of a heat radiator, an inclined heat d'e: flector, and means for; automatically re- }versing the angle of inclination of the heat deflector when the carseat is reversed, 3. The combination with a car seat having a movable part, of a heat radiator, and

said deflector being reversed by movement of said movable part. 4. The combination with a car seathavand the radiator, the inclination of said deflectorbeing reversed by movement of said .seat.

5.- The combination with a seat, runners niova'bly supporting said seat, a heat radiator, an inclined heat deflector between said seat and'saidgradiator, a projection upon said deflector, and studs upon said runners adapted to cooperate separately with said projection to reverse the angle of inclma tion of said deflector when the seat is moved.

6. The combination with a seat ofa heatdeflector, a normally inclined plane member. provided at opposite ends with journals for. pivotally supporting the same 111 DOSl- 11 tion, meansfor eliecting the reversal of the inclination of said deflector, and means for holding said deflector in inclined position.

7. A device of the character described,

comprising a seat, a heat radiator, a nor-' 1 m ally inclined reversible heat deflector means for effecting the, reversal of the in- 'clination of said-deflector with the move ment of said seat and-means for hold ng 11;?5 '8. 'Thecombination with a reversible. car

the heat-deflector in inclined position.-

seat, of aheat radiatonfand a revoluble heat deflector between the seat and the heat radi- 4 ator,:so inclined as to deflect-the heat to the of theseat, means fer etfcatmgthe resflltto' \BlSill of the inclination of said deflector with the reversal. of said car seat.

9. The combination With a reversible car seat, of a heatradiator, and a heat deflector between the seat and the heat radiator, the

heat deflector being inclined at an angle the revere" of that of the car seat, means for efiecting the reversal of the inclination of said deflector with the reversal of said car seat. I

10.'The combination with a seat, of a heat radiator, a revoluble heatdeflector, and means upon the seat for holding the heat deflector in an inclined position, means for effecting the reversal of the inclination &

of'said deflector with the reversal of said 7 car seat.

11. A device of the character described, comprising a reversible seat an inclined heat deflector, and means for automatically reversing the angle of inclination of said deflector with the changing of the-angle of inclination of said seat.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two snoscribing Witnesses.

FREDERIC \VARD BUTT.

Vitnesses CHAS. W. SHERWOOD CHAS. C. BoWERs. 

